Gamma Vacuum Pumps - High Vacuum & Ultra-High Vacuum Technologies

Capture pumping technologies create high vacuum (HV) and ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environments for a variety of applications, ranging from portable mass spectrometers to large scale particle accelerators. They can create the lowest possible vacuum at an economical cost.

Ion PumpsIon pumps, also known as sputter ion pumps or ion getter pumps, are capture pumps that ionize gases using an anode/cathode array. Ions sputter reactive cathode materials, creating a chemical reaction that turns the ionized gases into solid
compounds. Those compounds no longer contribute to the pressure of the vacuum system and are permanently captured within the ion pump. Ion pumps can operate from 10-5 to 10-12 mbar and range in size from 0.2 to 1,200 l/s of nitrogen.

Titanium Sublimation PumpsTSP’s operate by heating a titanium filament and subliming (converting from solid to gas phase) titanium molecules onto a surface. Sublimed titanium molecules are then available to chemically react with reactive gases, like oxygen and nitrogen,
and disassociate and diffuse hydrogen. TSP’s can operate from 10-5 to 10-12 mbar and have pumping speeds in excess of 10,000 l/s of hydrogen.

Non-Evaporable Getter PumpsNEGs’s are reactive metals that have been pressed onto solid substrates or sintered into discs. A specific combination of Zirconium, Vanadium and Iron has been found to work best for HV and UHV environments. The
amount of material used controls the speed and capacity of the NEG pump, but typically range from 50 to 3,500 l/s of hydrogen. As NEG’s become saturated with gases, they can be reactivated without venting to atmosphere.